Hannah Burns

Floridian Hannah Burns was born into a swimming family on August 12, 1996. At the age of five Hannah desired to join her older sister, Heather, on a local summer league team, but the toddler couldn't swim the length of the 25 yard pool. Burns' drive to become a competitive swimmer began there. She swims for the Gator Swim Club in Gainesville, driving nearly two hours from her Lake City home in order to attend practices.
Burns is a multiple-time Florida high school state champion. In 2011, her freshman year, she won the 100 yard breast (1:04.44) and was second in the 200 yard IM (2:03.84). As a sophomore in 2012 she won the 200 yard IM (2:00.82) and was second in the 100 yard breast (1:04.12). Burns handily defended her title in the 200 yard IM as a junior by winning in a time of 2:00.95; the runner-up finished in 2:04.16.
The versatile Burns had a successful 2012 Junior Nationals. She was 6th in the 1650 yard free (16:29.10), 4th in 400 yard IM (4:16.24), 12th in the 200 yard breast (2:16.75), and 14th in the 500 yard free (4:49.39). That same year Burns took her IM talents to the US Olympic …

The Gators extended their winning streak over state rival FSU on Friday as the men and women beat the Noles in dual meet action. Freshman Mabel Zavaros had a strong showing for the women, winning 3 events.